Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-18
DOINGS At AUSTIN.
The Anti MonopoIists Of Texas Meet
to Perfect Arrangements for
State Organization.
Tho Special House Committee Taking
Testimony of People from the
Drouth District.
Effect of Houston's Bin Making 1t d Pennl
Offeuse to Locate State Lands
without Authority.

Special to tine Gazette,
AUSTIN, TEX, Jan. ia libel suit
was fled in the district court against the
Austin Statesman by DR.. NJ Salm, at one
time resident oculist ard aurist of
Austin. The suit grows out of g publ
cation in the Statesman il February,
1856, relative TO seduction case, the
particulars of which were published at
the time.
Senator Houston presided over the SEN
ate for short time to-day with dignity
which showed him to DE parliamenta
rian.
The special committe appointed in the
house on the dIouth sufferers have been
taking testimony of people from that sec
ton of the state. Among those De-
fore the committee were Mr.. Car
ter of Jones, Senator Calhoun of East
land, Rev. John Brown and Edgar Rye of
Albany, and several others. The COM
mittee will report as soon as they can OBJ
tain all the available testimony at hand
and the house will take some action in
the matter at once.
Col. W. T. Upton of Fayette, member
OF the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth,
Eighteenth and Nineteenth legislatures,
came in to-day.
Senator Houston's Dill making it
penal Cffense to inClose state lar0s witt
out authority, will create considerable
stir in some of the northwestern counties
where il IS known that large bodies OF
land have been lnclosed by syndcates.
A Joint resolution was passed to Gay
requesting our cJngressmen and instruct
ing our senators to use all honorable
means to secure the passage of bill in
congress granting the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Railway right OF way
through the indian Territory, and III
strUCting the secretary Of state to trans
NIT to each Of our senators ard represent
atives copy OF the resolutions.
At q called meeting OF the Anti Monop-
olists of Texas, held at the coura house
to-day, thirty-siX counties were repre-
scented. The purpose of tle meeting was
to perfect arrangements for state Or
ganlz4tiou and to appoint delegates to
the industrial convention to be held at
Cincinnati on the 221 Of next month.
DR.. Broiles of Fort Worth was elected
state organizer ana delegates were
named from each congressional district
to the Cincinnati convention. The plat
form OF the industrial convention was
adopted and a proposition to or
game state AMI national party
in opposition to the Demo cratic and
Republican parties was heartily indors-
ed. The situation is now one of open
fight, since they have announced that no
more political meetings will be held IN
secret, and the dsrk-lantern must go.
The secret method of the party has aided
designing politicians to trade upon its
supposed strength, and the safeguards |
that were placed around have thus |
proved its greatest curse.
The published statement that John /.
Ireland was the candidate of both the
RAILROADS and the knights of Labor Gre
at-d Juror among the members CT the I,
latter. They denouuce the statement as
without foundation and unjust. The
knights of Labor are especially eXer-
c!sed, ana are said to have talked plainly
to Lecturer Jackson, who claimed TO
carry fOrty-three votes for United States
senator in his pocket.
THE GAZETTE reporter sawa note writ
ten by J Waldo, general pool agent Of
Texas railroads, in which he states in
substance that in writing to Dr.. Dolen,
The member from Harris county, solicit
ng his vote for Gov. Ireland for United
States senator, he did so in his capacity
Is private citizen and not q railroad
nan, pleading as justification that he had
.or years been warm personal friend of
Gov. Ireland. He says in asking DR..
Dolen to vote and use his influence in the
senatorial contest he did no more than
my citizen had right to do.
TIE peni'entisry contingent from
huntsville are Lere. 1t is presumable
hat they are here to see that no changes
ire made in the system of handling con-
'icts, and il is thought they will make
pecial forts against any attempt to
cave the short term convicts to the coun-
les to work the public roads.